naked or glandular; sepals deciduous, ovate, acuminate, 
nearly simple, shorter than the petals, rough with glands; 
petals obcordate, concave; stamens 138-140, quickly drop- 
ping off, disk conical, very thick; ovaries (germens) 30; 
styles united into a long hairy column. Jruié round, orange- 
coloured, small.” 
“ A very ornamental plant, rapidly forming a compact 
covering to old pales or buildings against which it is plant- 
ed. From Rosa prostrata its rambling shoots and hairy 
styles distinguish it. Viviani’s Rosa atrovirens is described 
with rough and figured with smooth fruit.” 
«‘The Ayrshire Rose, described by Mr. Neill in the 
Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, under the name of capre- 
olata, does not appear to differ from this, which is not a 
native of America, but is confined to the South of Europe 
and North of Africa.” Lindley monogr. 1. c. 
The excellent drawing which accompanies this article 
has been kindly contributed by the author of the Monograph 
of the Roses. 
